The Research On The Themes And The Different Narrative Strategies Of Yunnan Ethnic Minority Feature Films

Yunnan is the province that gets the largest number of ethnic minority in China. Since the begining of People’s Republic of China, Yunnan ethnic minority with its unique charm has attracted lots of filmmakers, and becomes an important choice of film subject of those filmmakers. There are a lot of Yunnan ethnic minority feature films that have aroused widespread repercussions. The start series of Yunnan ethnic minority feature films show us the splendid culture of ethnic minorities of Yunnan, and reflect the huge changes in society since the founding of People’s Republic of China. More than that, as an important part of China’s film production and cultural production, they vividly reflect the mainstream values, political life since the founding of different periods of China.Yunnan ethnic minority feature films of 1949-1966 reflects different themes during this time. First, they reflected oppression and exploitation from the exploiting class to lower classes, accusing the evil things of the old society, singing the praises of the leadership from Communist Party which brings the people’s liberation. Second, they reflected how people protect the home of themselves and defend country with the help of China’s Communist Party. Third, they reflected people get themselves into socialist construction with the help of China’s Communist Party. Those fully reflects the political situation and political needs from the year of 1949 to 1956. During this period, the design of how to tell a story of Yunnan ethnic minority feature films uses the completely opposite things, such as a good guy will always beat the bad guy in the end. However, from the reform and open of China, films are changing. The number of the expression way of Yunnan ethnic minority feature films becomes bigger and bigger. There are several expressions. First, the films song the praises of the leadership of Communist Party which brought the people’s liberation. Secondly, the films reflected the "core socialist values". Third, the films made us think about how to protect our traditional culture. What’s more, there are many other expression for the subject, completely opposite things is no longer acting as a lead of Yunnan ethnic minority feature films. Commercial elements, entertainment elements and some other elements are absorbed into it.The reason why Yunnan ethnic minority feature films changes in years includes the changes in politics, the changes of film production system, different filmmakers, the changes of social life, audience and the market.